supported by the Basic Research Support Program for Outstanding Young Teachers of Heilongjiang Province(No.YQJH2023038);the National Natural Science foundation of China(Nos.82170431,82070312,82373868,82330011,and U21A20339);the Scientific Research Project of Provincial Scientific Research Institute of Heilongjiang Province(No.CZKYF2022-1-B007).
Endothelial-mesenchymal transition(EndMT)disrupts vascular endothelial integrity and induces atherosclerosis.Active integrinβ1 plays a pivotal role in promoting EndMT by facilitating TGFβ/Smad signaling in endotheli...